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| Jul29-10, 09:19 AM | #1 |
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solar cells questions
I have the following questions regarding solar panels.
1)Why solar panels which use sunlight concentrators gain in efficiency despite they produce larger currents?Usually it`s believed that with increase in current flow efficiency should fall. Example here is a fuel cells. 2)Currently sunlight concentration up to 100 times acheived on solar panels.Usual sunlight gives around 1000 Watts on square meter.100X1000=100 kW.How could solar cells handle such big currents? If they use P-n potential for charge separation shouldn`t we increase voltage to deal with bigger currents?Or electrostatic potential of P-n junction (voltage) could stay the same as before? |
| Jul29-10, 11:38 AM | #2 |
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| Jul29-10, 11:52 AM | #3 |
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I`m just intereted how different energy conversion devices work. |
| Jul29-10, 11:55 AM | #4 |
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solar cells questionsAs a hint, do you know why a p-n junction gets more efficient as it heats up? Are you familiar with the temperature coefficient for switching speed in digital logic gates, and how it is different for CMOS circuits versus BJT-based circuits? |
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